Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman for his tremendous leadership in bringing this important and historic legislation to the floor. He has been a part of advancing lower costs for healthcare and better benefits for all Americans in his career in Congress. I thank Mr. Scott for his tremendous leadership as chair of the Education and Labor Committee and for the opportunity he is giving us today. I salute the gentleman and Chairman Pallone, the chair of the Energy and Commerce Committee, who has played such an important role in all of this, as well as Mr. Richard Neal, chair of the Ways and Means Committee, so much an important part. These three committees of jurisdiction and the members of their committees have been so essential to its excellence and to its success. I also salute our freshmen who have been leading the charge to lower healthcare costs and strengthen healthcare protections every step of the way from the first day they arrived in the Congress. In the election of this past 2018, Democrats made a pledge to the American people. For the people we would do three things. For the people we would lower the cost of healthcare by lowering the cost of prescription drugs and preserving the preexisting medical condition. We are doing that today. For the people we would not only lower healthcare costs, we had bigger paychecks by building the infrastructure of America in a green way with good paying jobs. We will be doing that the rest of the week.…”